REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9791 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7532, CONVERTING THE BATANGAS REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO THE BATANGAS MEDICAL CENTER, FURTHER INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Republic Act No. 7532, is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 1, to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The Batangas Regional Hospital in Batangas City shall be converted into a medical center and shall hereafter be known as the Batangas Medical Center."

SEC. 2. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 7532, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. The bed capacity of the Batangas Medical Center is hereby increased from two hundred fifty (250) beds to five hundred (500) beds."

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE

(Sgd.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES

President of Senate

Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on August 5, 2008 and September 8, 2009, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP

Secretary of Senate

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: NOV 18 2009

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL - ARROYO President of the Philippines